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"Under the Waves _ Diving in Deep Waters "는 19세기 스코틀랜드 작가이자 모험가인 R. M. Ballantyne이 쓴 소설이다.

R.M. Ballantyne(1825-1894)은 스코틀랜드의 예술가이자 대부분 어린이 소설의 다작 작가였다. Edinburgh에서 태어난 Ballantyne은 열 자녀 중 아홉 번째였다. 16세에 Ballantyne은 캐나다로 이주하여 Hudson's Bay Company에서 일하면서 모피 무역을 위해 전국을 여행했다. 1847년 아버지가 세상을 떠나 스코틀랜드로 돌아온 그는 평생 동안 100권이 넘는 어린이 모험 책을 쓰면서 본격적으로 문학 활동을 시작했다. 'The Coral Island' 및 'The Young Fur Traders'와 같은 이야기는 큰 인기를 얻었으며 많은 이야기가 캐나다 전역을 여행한 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 했다.
그의 대표작으로는 "The Coral Island"(《산호섬》)과 "The Gorilla Hunters"(《고릴라 사냥꾼》) 등이 있으며, 이들 작품은 당시 영국에서 매우 인기가 있었습니다. 또한, 그는 자연과학에 관심을 가지고 있어 책에도 관련 내용을 많이 썼다.


"Under the Waves _ Diving in Deep Waters" is a novel written by the 19th century Scottish writer and adventurer R. M. Ballantyne.

R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children's fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16, Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, where he traveled the country in the fur trade. Returning to Scotland after his father's death in 1847, he began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories like 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders' were hugely popular, and many of his stories were based on his own experiences traveling across Canada.
His representative works include "The Coral Island" and "The Gorilla Hunters", which were very popular in England at the time. In addition, he was interested in natural science and wrote a lot of related contents in books.

Contents

Chapter I. Introduces our Hero, one of his Advisers, and some of his Difficulties.
Chapter II. Describes a first Visit to the Bottom of the Sea.
Chapter III. Refers to a small Tea-Party, and touches very mildly on Love.
Chapter IV. Divers Matters.
Chapter V. Treats of Plots and Plans, Engineering and otherwise.
Chapter VI. A sunken Wreck inspected, sundry wonderful Doings under Water Recorded,
Chapter VII. Historical but not Heavy.
Chapter VIII. The Grinding of the Screw.
Chapter IX. Treats of a Leak and consequent Difficulties.
Chapter X. Anxieties; Disasters; Hopes.
Chapter XI. Tells of bold Plans, followed by bolder Deeds.
Chapter XII. Diving Practice Extraordinary in the East.
Chapter XIII. Treasure recovered?Accidents encountered?
Chapter XIV. Miss Pritty’s “Worst Fears” are more than realised.
Chapter XV. Sudden and bad News induces sudden and good Action.
Chapter XVI. Bearding the Lion in his Den.
Chapter XVII. Recounts the wild, fierce, and in some Respects peculiar Incidents of a Bush Fight.
Chapter XVIII. Lifts the Curtain slightly as to piratical Doings in the nineteenth Century.
Chapter XIX. A Fight with Malay Pirates.
Chapter XX. The Fight concluded.
Chapter XXI. Difficulties of various Kinds, also Troubles, and a Discovery.
Chapter XXII. Miscellaneous Matters, ending with a “Scrimmage” under Water.
Chapter XXIII. More about the Sea.
Chapter XXIV. Taking the Tide at the Ebb.
Chapter XXV. Shows how our Hero formed Plans,
Chapter XXVI. A Climax is reached.
Chapter XXVII. The last.